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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese destruiçon, destroiçom, from Latin dēstructiōnem. By surface analysis, destruir + -ção. Compare Galician destrución.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /d͡ʒis.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /des.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /d͡ʒis.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /d͡ʒis.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /des.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /d͡ʒis.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /d͡ʒiʃ.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /deʃ.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /d͡ʒiʃ.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /des.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: des‧tru‧i‧ção
Noun
destruição f (plural destruições)
- destruction
- demolition
- havoc